PLUTUS FOUNDATION GRANTS
It'$ My Money Financial Summit
Grant awarded Spring 2022.
It'$ My Money's mission is to enhance and educate the lives of young adults and college aged-students through financial education to prepare them for their future.
It'$ My Money will host a program for high school students in Hartford county, Connecticut. The students will attend a half-day session to learn various financial concepts like saving, budgeting, credit, side hustles, and entrepreneurship.
The event will include interactive activities and visuals that will allow the attendees to immediately apply the knowledge presented. It will consist of basics of money management such as: budgeting, saving, credit, and side hustles. This will be devolved to high school students in the local under-served communities in Hartford county in Connecticut.
Learning Objectives
Educate 50 high school attendees about personal finance.
Introduce the attendees to different ways to manage, grow and earn money.
Practical tips that can be helpful for attendees preparing for adulthood.
The It’$ My Money team has held numerous successful youth workshops locally and internationally, including the Young Women’s Leadership Corps at the YWCA, the Windsor Summer Teen Employment Program, Manchester Summer Youth Program, the DCYF Alternative Education Program in Rhode Island, and even the St. Jude’s School for Girls in Trinidad.
Budgeting
Steps to budgeting
Gross vs. net income
How to reduce expenses
Managing Expenses
Money management apps
Savings Accounts & Tips
Banks vs credit unions
Interest
Ways to save money
The importance of saving
Credit, Credit Cards, and Debit Cards
What is credit
Overview of credit scores
How to establish credit
Credit cards vs. debit cards
Side Hustles
How you can earn money, even while in school, leveraging your skills
About Patrina Dixon
Patrina Dixon is a Certified Financial Education Instructor, speaker, and author of the It’$ My Money journal series. Through P. Dixon Consulting and workshops for youth and families, she teaches money management and ways to earn income from existing skills.